I didn't know Snap-On still carried theirs. I got a replacement set of everything (after the ill-famed burglary) from Britool. I know Abingdon King Dick and I believe Williams still make them.
Regards, Lodge
--- On Tue, 17/11/09, Mike Hughes wrote:
From: Mike Hughes
Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Tools
To: billsoquel@comcast.net
Cc: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, 17 November, 2009, 22:04
"I started working in an auto body shop in 1950,and my boss had a compete tool box filled with Snap-on products. these were for american cars of the era so they were US standard size. the socket sets i bought from the Snap-on dealer, were very expensive for a kid working for ..75 cents an hour. I still have the complete sets, in their tray. "
When I got my first TD back in the early '70s it was barely running and the body was a bit wobbly due to a sustained offensive by both the wood and tin worms. Niether my trusty Craftsman SAE or Metric sockets and wrenches seemed to fit anything - so I took it completely apart down to a rolling chassis with two sets of vise-grips! Our local M.G.C.C. Centre used to have a winter swap-meet in those days and one of the old-timers came up to me with a lunch-box full of Snap-On Whitworth, BA, and BSF 1/2 and 3/8 drive sockets and wrenches that he had sitting around from the days he used to run a TC. Sold the whole lot to me for $24! Still have 'em!
Snap-On still makes a basic limited set of BSF 3/8 drive sockets and wrenches.
- Mike Hughes - -
'37 TA 0512
Alexandria, Virginia
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